Jordan Poole vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Jordan Poole, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Jordan Poole played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Jordan Poole had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Jordan Poole	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	57	22.4	8.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	8.8	.333	1.3	4.6	.279	1.7	2.1	.798
difference:	+25	+10.1	+6.5	+2.0	+0.8	+2.8	+2.9	+0.7		-2.0	-0.7	+2.4	+4.6	+.065	+0.9	+3.0	+.008	+2.6	+3.1	+.017
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Poole nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jordan Poole	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	76	30.0	18.5	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.7	6.2	13.9	.448	2.8	7.6	.364	3.2	3.5	.925
difference:	+6	+4.7	+3.4	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+4.2	+1.1	+0.1	-1.4	-0.2	+1.3	+3.1	+.006	+2.4	+6.3	+.034	+3.3	+4.2	+.083
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	22	27.5	17.0	0.5	2.4	2.8	3.8	0.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.9	11.5	.508	2.3	5.8	.391	3.0	3.2	.915
difference:	+5	+10.0	+6.8	+1.6	+0.8	+2.6	+2.6	+0.6		-2.2	-0.5	+2.0	+8.7	+.114	+1.5	+3.0	+.099	+4.1	+5.2	+.063
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852

Season 4
	Jordan Poole	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	82	30.0	20.4	0.4	2.4	2.7	4.5	0.8	0.3	3.1	2.6	6.7	15.6	.430	2.6	7.8	.336	4.4	5.1	.870
difference:	+16	+5.3	+3.2	+1.1	+0.7	+1.9	+1.0	+0.9		-0.5	-0.4	+2.1	+3.6	+.027	+1.7	+4.8	+.020	+0.8	+1.2	+.047
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	13	21.8	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.5	3.5	10.4	.341	1.2	4.8	.254	2.0	2.6	.765
difference:	+7	+16.6	+12.8	+0.8	+2.6	+3.3	+2.4	+0.8	+0.2	-1.1		+5.4	+10.0	+.094	+0.3	+1.5	+.023	+2.5	+3.0	+.037
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802

Season 5
	Jordan Poole	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	78	30.1	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.1	6.3	15.2	.413	2.4	7.2	.326	2.5	2.8	.877
difference:	+4	+4.8	+5.8	+1.0	+1.6	+2.5	+3.0	+0.7		-0.9	-0.8	+1.9	+3.5	+.025	+1.2	+3.5	+.003	+3.1	+4.2	+.077
Russell Westbrook	82	34.9	23.2	1.4	3.9	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	8.2	18.7	.438	1.2	3.7	.323	5.6	7.0	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	2	34.0	24.0	0.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	8.5	20.5	.415	1.0	4.5	.222	6.0	7.0	.857

Season 7
	Jordan Poole	Russell Westbrook
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	8	29.8	17.9	0.4	1.3	1.6	3.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.5	5.4	14.8	.364	2.9	8.8	.329	4.3	4.4	.971
difference:	+59	+4.6	+10.2	+1.5	+4.1	+5.7	+5.2	+1.7	+0.2	-2.4	-0.2	+4.0	+7.2	+.062	+1.6	+4.5	+.030	+3.8	+5.4	+.136
Russell Westbrook	67	34.4	28.1	1.9	5.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	4.4	2.7	9.4	22.0	.426	1.3	4.3	.299	8.1	9.8	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Poole nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 11 seasons more than Jordan Poole in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2016 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 9 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Jordan Poole, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP